The Jan 2026 Business & Innovation Briefing will be held on Wed. Jan 21st 2025 @ 08:00am,  in the The Council Room, North Quad, UCC- University College Cork, College Road, Cork          Map it: The Council Room, Quad North Wing, UCC

This Business & innovation Briefing will outline the new UCC Research Strategy and Framework, including the formation of interdisciplinary research clusters through

the UCC Futures programme. With relevance to the ICT/MedTech sectors, such clusters include Quantum and Photonics; Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, and Sustainability.  In addition, UCC have been working to streamline and improve their routes for collaboration and engagement with industry, locally & nationally and will describe the opportunities and routes that can exist for working together.

We are honoured to have Professor John F. Cryan, UCC present to us on Jan 21st.

 

 

Professor John F. Cryan

Vice President for Research & Innovation

John F. Cryan is Professor & Chair, Dept. of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork (UCC) and has been Vice President for Research & Innovation since 2021.  He is also a Principal Investigator in the APC Microbiome Institute. He received a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry and PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Galway, Ireland and was a visiting fellow at the Dept Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia, which was followed by postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA and The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California.

Agenda for the Event:

08:00   Arrival, Registration & Networking 

08:30   Introductions

08;40   John Cryan Presentation

09:20   Discussion Q/A

09:30   Networking and informal discussion time

10: 00 Finish

Many thanks to Professor Cryan for taking the time from his busy schedule to speak with us, and to Professor Peter Parbrook and the team at UCC for hosting and presenting this business briefing

Event Presentations:

  1. From Research Excellence to Innovation Impact: The UCC Futures Agenda
  2. How to access UCC’s research expertise